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The Chicago Cubs are back in the playoffs for the first time since 2020, and they’ll be looking for their first postseason win since 2017 as they host the San D
Chicago Cubs pitcher Matthew Boyd said he was “grateful” for the opportunity to start the wild-card series opener Tuesday against the San Diego Padres and broke down in tears when speaking to the media about his journey.
When Cubs left-hander Matthew Boyd takes the Wrigley Field mound in Game 1 of the wild-card series, he’ll know what to do with the extra nerves and excitement that come with playoff stakes. “It’s all energy,” Boyd said in a recent conversation with the Sun-Times. “You just acknowledge it for what it is, and you feed off it.”
Machado and the Padres are back on the road for the first round of the playoffs, beginning on Tuesday afternoon when they face Dansby Swanson and the Chicago Cubs in the opener of their best-of-three series.
When the Chicago Cubs won the World Series against the Cleveland Guardians in 2016, the Cubs ended a 108-year drought. Entering the 2025 postseason, it has been nine years since they have won it all.
Chicago Cubs pitcher Matthew Boyd will throw the first pitch of Tuesday’s wild card series opener, and it will mean the world to him for an important reason.
We know the Cubs are going to hit. Pete Crow-Armstrong has come crashing back to Earth, and Kyle Tucker has hit a rocky (to put it kindly) second half of the season, but this lineup remains as deep and dangerous as just about any in the National League.
What has been likely for a while is now official: the Padres are headed to Chicago to face off against the Cubs in a best-of-three Wild Card series starting Tue
It’s not enough for the Cubs to grab a wild-card berth and then go over-and-out on their own turf against a foe with a lesser record.
San Diego overcame the Windy City’s NL team — and plenty of hot air — on their way to a World Series appearance
The timing of it all could prove to be critical as the Cubs enter the postseason once again looking like a strong offensive group.
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